Yasashii Kimochi
| "Yasashii Kimochi" | ||||
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| Single by Chara | ||||
| from the album Junior Sweet | ||||
| B-side | "Junior Sweet" | |||
| Released | April 23, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Trip hop, alternative pop | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
| Label | Sony Music Japan | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Chara | |||
| Producer(s) | Zentarō Watanabe | |||
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"Yasashii Kimochi" (やさしい気持ち, Kind Feelings) is a song by Chara, released as the first single from her 1997 album Junior Sweet. The song was used in a Shiseido commercial for their 'Tessera J' range. The B-side of this single, Junior Sweet, was also used in these commercials.
The song debuted at #10 on Oricon charts. Four weeks later, it reached its peak of #7. It stayed on the charts for 16 weeks, eventually selling approximately 520,000 copies.
When the Junior Sweet was released, the song featured as a different version with a drawn-out introduction, labelled the Shiawase Version (しあわせ・ヴァージョン, Happy Version).
In 2009, the pop/hiphop duo Halcali heavily sampled Yasashii Kimochi in their single Re:Yasashii Kimochi The new lyrics written by Halcali and their producer Pal@pop, act as an 'answer song' to the original lyrics.